Red Slime Algae

[ElGuappo]

Originally Posted by supersmile

So for a week did you turn the lights on at all??? Did the Cyano ever come back?

I had the lights on from 9am to 11 am then again from 4pm to 6 pm. the only reason i had any light on it was for corals. i also fouund this didnt bother the fish. i had a standing lamp beside the tank for light 60 watt. i was deali8ng with algae issues since day one and the cyno was the last of it. i have been cyno free now for about 6 weeks since turning my lights back up to being on 12 hours a day. only thing is that i gradually uped the time that the lights were on. i left the 2 hour break in the middle untill the last step. thus keeping an interuption in photosyntisis. when upin the lights on time keep an eye on the red slime as it can come back in about 2 days.

Hope this helps. Any questions on this pm me.

PS the reason i went this route is because i dont like using chemicals as i have a fair amount of inverts in my tank,